Many illegal aliens can't read english, so it's understandable that documentation would scare them.
Maybe they should make it a priority to learn English then? or to paraphrase a certain movie "maybe you should learn a little English, if you plan on working in the states today..."
I don't think it's too much to ask. Might make Citizens a little more inclined to accept attempts to grant them free citizenship after commiting a felony. I know I'm not particularly inclined to want someone who refuses to learn "gringo" to stick around once he's caught. Someone who actually wants to be part of the country (as opposed to just shipping money back to Mexico) I'm much more inclined to sympathize with.
And no, it's not my responsibility to learn Spanish to help them assimilate.
I think the FA's author is mistaking the apparent lack of a 'wi' character in the modern Japanese phoenetic alphabets as an indication that the sound does not exist in the language. This is not, as far as a quick google (and my hazy memory of the Japanese I took in college) indicates, true.
Yes, because the next round of elections have been canceled, and any attempt to protect the soveriegnty of the United States is obviously motivated by totalitarian goals.
We're just supposed to hand out services to anyone who asks, even illegals because to do otherwise would be "totalitarian"
As long as those "rights" belong to illegal aliens trying to steal services that my tax dollars are paying for, I'm fine with it.
My civil rights are important to me, as are those of my fellow citizens. The rights, civil or otherwise of INVADERS... not very important to me at all.
IOW, if this is used to control access to government services (which is the way it's framed) and not as a tracking system, I have no problem with it whatsoever.
Anything that makes life difficult for invaders who want to steal from me (by way of the taxes I pay) is A-OK, provided it isn't actually abused.
Filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau in the locale that there office is located in also has (some) effect. They are at least forced to address the complaint, including measures they have taken to resolve the issue.
In my case, they mentioned "compensation time for down time" to which my response was "not really much good now that I've cancelled billing on my account, is it?"
The BBB agreed and left the complaint on file with a note of "resolution unsatisfactory".
A nice fat stack of those will have some effect eventually. Investment brokers and other financial types do use BBB reports as an indication of how risky a company's income flow is... "is this company likely to have it's customers move to a competitor en masse?"
A minor influence, perhaps, but it's certainly more satisfying than simply keeping my money and shutting up about it.
Don't recall what part of California they're in...
I do that as well, but again, a limiting factor is "I'd really rather not shower at work". Mornings I walk, I wind up riding to the office, riding home, taking my morning shower, and walking in.
hanging out in a locker room waiting for one of two showers to open up just isn't something I care to spend my time doing...
I just wish that coming in earlier meant leaving earlier.
That's the entire reason (sleepcycle not withstanding) that I prefer the "later" strategy. A co-worker of mine gets in early (because he gets up early due to his wife's work schedule) He constantly bemoans the fact that he doesn't get recognition for the extra time, and has to stay to normal end-of-work because no managers are there nearly so early.
As the "doctor" says... "well stop doing that then..."
I don't consider it a time savings if my employer is the sole benificiary... I'd rather spend a few hours doing things around the house and go in AFTER rush hour if I got up that early anyhow. That way my saved time is MINE.
Not missing the point, really. Much like the author of the FA, I am not in an area where mass-transit exists, much less is an option.
I save a HUGE amount of time by going to and from work after rush hour. Fortunately my employer permits this (within reason). As an added bonus, I get to sleep late. For whatever reason, sleep between 6 AM and 8 AM seems to be the most "productive" for me, regardless of when I go to bed.
Granted, I now live close enough that when the temperature and weather are reasonable (meaning I don't waste further time by having to shower after I arrive at the office, and don't risk being stuck for hours after work hours due to the evening thunderstorms), I can walk in about 20 minutes max.
When I drive during (or attempt to go before) rush hour, the drive takes about 20 minutes. When I go 15 minutes after 9, it's 5 minutes.
A lot of that has to do with people who are getting on the interstate, have a much longer drive, and are so resigned that they don't pay enough attention for everyone to hit the lights properly...Or are obsessed with doing business on their cell phones when they're supposed to be driving...
So in part I guess you're right, it's not driving when everyone else is driving, but I'm not getting up at 5 AM to miss the rush, so I really don't think he was missing the point entirely...
Actually, Sarah Lane left AoTS and the network a couple weeks ago to get married and travel around the world. The last surviving Screen Saver alum is now gone from G4.
For a second I thought you were talking about Harlan, and we were in for an explitive-filled tirade about how he hates computers and would never buy a software company, capped with a threat to sue anyone that reprinted, quoted, or even linked to said tirade.
Oh bullshit. The ports thing was questionable from the start, but not because of the buyer, because of the fact that the administration tried to slide it under the radar.
As to "xenophobia" in this context, it has a lot to do with the proven record of Chinese-based support organizations. When Lenovo hires a western firm to service it's western customers (you know, people who speak English or whatever language apart from Mandarin you might prefer.. Natively) then there won't be nearly the reluctance that there is today.
For the support rep to understand my problem, he first has to understand what I'm saying. Without me having to repeat myself 8 times and ask him to repeat himself 10. And he needs to not be referring solely to a notebook full of blow-off "rote"responses. He needs to know what the fuck he's doing, and be able to handle odd situations on the fly, without resorting to "please, a representitive will call you back. Thank you" cop-out.
I'd say that there might be a xenophobic element, if it weren't for the fact that Lenovo thinks they can charge what IBM was charging, without providing the value that the IBM name carried. If they reduced their prices to Dell levels, they might have a chance.
Of course not... the GP poster wouldn't understand a philosophy or political leaning that wasn't spoon-fed to him by his college profs if it came with a "for Dummies" book and suplimental brain-capacity.
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Despite the fact that he speaks in a monotone and eats only car batteries, Al Gore is not an Android.
No self respecting mechanical would ever have sex with Tipper Gore.
(apologies to the X-Play writers for the paraphrase)
/obvious
/!obvious
I, for one WELCOME our supple-skinned android overlords!
Deterred the hell out of him though, didn't it?
I'm fairly certain he hasn't been directly responsible for more spam since then.
Not to mention the fact that Tipper Gore was the original "Uninformed Shrill-bitch anti-Gamer" wife of a politician, LONG before Al was Veep.
Maybe they should make it a priority to learn English then? or to paraphrase a certain movie "maybe you should learn a little English, if you plan on working in the states today..."
I don't think it's too much to ask. Might make Citizens a little more inclined to accept attempts to grant them free citizenship after commiting a felony. I know I'm not particularly inclined to want someone who refuses to learn "gringo" to stick around once he's caught. Someone who actually wants to be part of the country (as opposed to just shipping money back to Mexico) I'm much more inclined to sympathize with.
And no, it's not my responsibility to learn Spanish to help them assimilate.
Not really, but your arguement has an odor about it...
Excellent point, and an excellent reason to SECURE our borders and stop the flow of illegal invaders.
I think the FA's author is mistaking the apparent lack of a 'wi' character in the modern Japanese phoenetic alphabets as an indication that the sound does not exist in the language. This is not, as far as a quick google (and my hazy memory of the Japanese I took in college) indicates, true.
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There was a specific kana for 'wi' in the ancient form of hiragana, according to
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/wvowels.ht
/eyeroll
Yes, because the next round of elections have been canceled, and any attempt to protect the soveriegnty of the United States is obviously motivated by totalitarian goals.
We're just supposed to hand out services to anyone who asks, even illegals because to do otherwise would be "totalitarian"
Right...
As long as those "rights" belong to illegal aliens trying to steal services that my tax dollars are paying for, I'm fine with it.
... not very important to me at all.
My civil rights are important to me, as are those of my fellow citizens. The rights, civil or otherwise of INVADERS
IOW, if this is used to control access to government services (which is the way it's framed) and not as a tracking system, I have no problem with it whatsoever.
Anything that makes life difficult for invaders who want to steal from me (by way of the taxes I pay) is A-OK, provided it isn't actually abused.
Filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau in the locale that there office is located in also has (some) effect. They are at least forced to address the complaint, including measures they have taken to resolve the issue.
In my case, they mentioned "compensation time for down time" to which my response was "not really much good now that I've cancelled billing on my account, is it?"
The BBB agreed and left the complaint on file with a note of "resolution unsatisfactory".
A nice fat stack of those will have some effect eventually. Investment brokers and other financial types do use BBB reports as an indication of how risky a company's income flow is... "is this company likely to have it's customers move to a competitor en masse?"
A minor influence, perhaps, but it's certainly more satisfying than simply keeping my money and shutting up about it.
Don't recall what part of California they're in...
I do that as well, but again, a limiting factor is "I'd really rather not shower at work". Mornings I walk, I wind up riding to the office, riding home, taking my morning shower, and walking in.
hanging out in a locker room waiting for one of two showers to open up just isn't something I care to spend my time doing...
That's the entire reason (sleepcycle not withstanding) that I prefer the "later" strategy. A co-worker of mine gets in early (because he gets up early due to his wife's work schedule) He constantly bemoans the fact that he doesn't get recognition for the extra time, and has to stay to normal end-of-work because no managers are there nearly so early.
As the "doctor" says... "well stop doing that then..."
I don't consider it a time savings if my employer is the sole benificiary... I'd rather spend a few hours doing things around the house and go in AFTER rush hour if I got up that early anyhow. That way my saved time is MINE.
Not missing the point, really. Much like the author of the FA, I am not in an area where mass-transit exists, much less is an option.
I save a HUGE amount of time by going to and from work after rush hour. Fortunately my employer permits this (within reason). As an added bonus, I get to sleep late. For whatever reason, sleep between 6 AM and 8 AM seems to be the most "productive" for me, regardless of when I go to bed.
Granted, I now live close enough that when the temperature and weather are reasonable (meaning I don't waste further time by having to shower after I arrive at the office, and don't risk being stuck for hours after work hours due to the evening thunderstorms), I can walk in about 20 minutes max.
When I drive during (or attempt to go before) rush hour, the drive takes about 20 minutes. When I go 15 minutes after 9, it's 5 minutes.
A lot of that has to do with people who are getting on the interstate, have a much longer drive, and are so resigned that they don't pay enough attention for everyone to hit the lights properly...Or are obsessed with doing business on their cell phones when they're supposed to be driving...
So in part I guess you're right, it's not driving when everyone else is driving, but I'm not getting up at 5 AM to miss the rush, so I really don't think he was missing the point entirely...
/rolls eyes
Yea because everything is about YOU and you disagreement with the elected administration...
To paraphrase Freud, "Sometimes a pervert is just a pervert".
Best explaination of whatever the fuck Star Jones is I've ever heard.
Really good testers tell the devs where to look to fix the bugs though.
Actually, Sarah Lane left AoTS and the network a couple weeks ago to get married and travel around the world. The last surviving Screen Saver alum is now gone from G4.
For a second I thought you were talking about Harlan, and we were in for an explitive-filled tirade about how he hates computers and would never buy a software company, capped with a threat to sue anyone that reprinted, quoted, or even linked to said tirade.
Spoken like a true Astroturfer who probabyl works for CA.
Oh bullshit. The ports thing was questionable from the start, but not because of the buyer, because of the fact that the administration tried to slide it under the radar.
As to "xenophobia" in this context, it has a lot to do with the proven record of Chinese-based support organizations. When Lenovo hires a western firm to service it's western customers (you know, people who speak English or whatever language apart from Mandarin you might prefer.. Natively) then there won't be nearly the reluctance that there is today.
For the support rep to understand my problem, he first has to understand what I'm saying. Without me having to repeat myself 8 times and ask him to repeat himself 10. And he needs to not be referring solely to a notebook full of blow-off "rote"responses. He needs to know what the fuck he's doing, and be able to handle odd situations on the fly, without resorting to "please, a representitive will call you back. Thank you" cop-out.
I'd say that there might be a xenophobic element, if it weren't for the fact that Lenovo thinks they can charge what IBM was charging, without providing the value that the IBM name carried. If they reduced their prices to Dell levels, they might have a chance.
More to the point, it's like saying wearing denim is a direct cause for anal rape.
There is no connection between one thing and the other.
Not sure about that... she seemed a bit butch... maybe it was the hair...
Of course not... the GP poster wouldn't understand a philosophy or political leaning that wasn't spoon-fed to him by his college profs if it came with a "for Dummies" book and suplimental brain-capacity.
Well to be perfectly honest, every "fundamentalist" of whatever stripe that I've ever met or seen on TV exemplifies the very definition of EVIL.